We need to reduce that. I'm not interested in raising more revenue to fund government. I'm interested in concentrating on reducing returning to a reasonable pre pandemic level spending. We spent $4.4 trillion in 2019 prior to the pandemic. Then we went on a massive spending spree, borrowed trillions of dollars. That's what devalued our currency. That's what sparked 40 year high inflation. We never stopped spending. (04:05–04:10)
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